Mountaineering fatalities in Mt Cook National Park

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 1127, 2001, Pages 78-80

  Malcolm, Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOUNTAINEERING; NEW ZEALAND; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; NEW ZEALAND; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0035831428     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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